Dr. Peter A. Indelicato, UF's head team physician since 1977, is one of the nations leading orthopaedic surgeons in the field of Sports Medicine as he was recently honored by his peers as the first-ever recipient of the National College Team Physician of the Year Award.

A native of New York, Dr. Indelicato attended New York Medical College and received his medical degree in 1969. He successfully completed his orthopaedic residency training at NYU and spent two years in the US Navy serving as a staff orthopaedic surgeon at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. Following this, he served as a sports medicine fellow at the well-known Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic participating in the care of the Los Angeles Rams, Lakers, Dodgers and Kings. In 1977, he was appointed as assistant professor in Orthopaedic Surgery and Director of Sports Medicine at UF. In 1993, he was named Medical Director of the Shands Sports Medicine Center at Hampton Oaks.

In 1994, 1996-1999, 2001-2004, his name was published in "The Best Doctors in America". The Southeastern Conference named him the "SEC Doctor of the Year" in 2002-2003. He has been an honorary member of the National Athletic Trainers Association since 1984 and receiving its "Outstanding Services" Recognition Award in 1991. Dr. Indelicato has also been elected a member-at-large to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Board of Directors and also serves as chairman for the Council of Delegates. He is currently a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedics Society for Sports Medicine, the Florida Orthopaedic Society and is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference Sports Medicine Committee.

Dr. Indelicato has lectured extensively around the country on the recognition and management of athletic knee and shoulder injuries. Over the past 17 years, he has been invited to speak in 19 countries outside the United States regarding similar topics. He has made a total of 35 lectures internationally. Currently he is chairing a multi-center research study looking at ligament injuries in the knee.

In 1989, he was appointed as Associate Team Physician for the Miami Dolphins and served in the capacity until 1996 when he became an orthopaedic consultant for the Dolphins. Since 1999, he has been chosen as the NFL neutral team physician.

Education

• BS: Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 1965
• MD: New York Medical College, NY1969

Internship

• St. Vincent's Hospital, NY June 1969-June 1970

Residency

• St. Vincent's Hospital, NY, General Surgery July 1970-July 1971
• New York University, NY, Orthopaedic Surgery July 1971-June 1974

Fellowship

• National Athletic Health Institute, Inglewood, CA, Sports Medicine July 1976-June 1977

Licensure

• New York, 1970; California, 1976; Florida, 1977

Certification

• National Board of Medical Examiners, 1970
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1975

Professional Memberships and Committee Activities

• Florida Medical Association-1977, Member
• Alachua County Medical Society-1977, Member
• Florida Orthopaedic Society-1977, Member
• American College of Surgeons-1981, Fellow
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons-1980, Fellow
• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine-1983, Active Member
• National Athletic Trainers Association-1984, Member
• Herodicus Society-1984, Member
• Florida Physicians Association-1990, Member
• Academic Orthopaedic Society-1991, Member
• Member, National Federation of State High School Activities
• Sports Medicine Advisory Committee July 1999-Present
• Member, Managed Care Contracts Committee, June 1996-Present
• Member, Ad Hoc Team Physician Committee, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports
• Medicine October 1997-Present
• Member, Evidence Analysis Work Group, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons October 1997-Present
• Faculty Contract Advisory Committee, August 1996-July 1998
• POD Management Team March 1997-July 1998
• Ambulatory Clinic Redesign Team December 1996-May 1997
• Member, Florida Group Practice Operations Committee April 1995-May 1997
• Member, Search Committee for Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Florida 1995
• Member, Search Committee for Director of Student Health, University of Florida August 1993-1994
• Commissioner of Sports Medicine, Gainesville Sports Organizing Committee May 1992-Present
• Member, Florida Orthopaedic Society Committee on Sports Medicine 1979-1986 and 1990-Present
• Chairman, Residency Selection Committee, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Florida July 1982-August 1989
• Member, Advisory Board of the UF Student Injury Care Center March 1983-1994
• Member, Sub-Committee of the Examinations and Evaluations Committee, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons June 1985-1993
• Member, Young Educators Group American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine July 1987-1997 At-Large
• Member, Executive Committee, Herodicus Society July 1988-1990
• Member, Drug Council, Chemical Substance Abuse Program, University of Florida August 1988-1992
• Treasurer, Association of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship Directors February 1989-July 1992

Selected Publications

• Meister K, Thesing J, Montogomery WJ, Indelicato PA, Walczak S, Fontenot W. MR Arthrography of Partial Thickness Tears of the Undersurface of the Rotator Cuff: An arthroscopic correlation. (In Revision) Skeletal Rad, 2003.
• Meister K, Burke B, Horodyski MB, Indelicato PA, Ernst M. Evaluation of meniscal tear patterns and tear location in individuals with bilateral meniscal injury in ligamentously stable knees. (In Review) Am J Ortho, 10/2002.
• Harris LN, Indelicato PA, Bloomberg MS, Meister K, and Wheeler D. Radiographic and histological analysis of the tibial tunnel after Allograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in goats. Am J Sports Med 30(3);368-373, 2002.
• Jassem M, Rose AT, Meister K, Indelicato PA, and Wheeler D. Biomechanical analysis of the effect of varying suture pitch in tendon graft fixation: varying suture pitch in tendon graft fixation. Am J Sports Med 29(6); 734-737, 2001.
• Collins MW, Grindel SH, Lovell MR, Dede DE, McKeag DB, Phalin BR, Moser DJ, Nogle S, Wasik M, Cordry D, Daugherty MK, Sears SF, Nicolette G, Indelicato PA. Relationship between concussion and neuropsychological performance in college football players. JAMA 282(10): 964-70, 1999.
• Meister K, Talley C, Horodyski MB, Indelicato PA, Hartzel JS, and Batts J. Caudal slope of the tibia and its relationship to non-contact injuries to the ACL. Am J Knee Surg 11(4); 217-19, 1998.
• Meister K, Harris NL, Indelicato PA, and Miller G. A comparison of an optical catheter office arthroscope with a standard rigid rod-lens arthroscope in the evaluation of the knee. Am J Sports Med 24(6); 819-23, 1996.
• Indelicato PA. The importance of the posterior oblique ligament in repairs of acute tears of the medial ligaments in knees with and without an associated rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament. Results of long-term follow-up. Am J Bone Joint Surg 77(6); 969, 1995.
• Indelicato PA. Isolated medial collateral ligament injuries to the knee: a comprehensive review. J Am Acad Orth Surg 3; 9-14, 1995.
• Indelicato PA and Perez-Caballer AJ. Arthroscopic reconstruction of the ACL with cryopreserved allografts of the patellar tendon. Revista de Ortopedia Y Traumatologia 38IB; 535-40, 1994.
• Harris, NL and Indelicato PA: Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament with Allograft: Clinical Experience, Advances in Controversies in Knee Surgery, Editorial Medica Pan Americana, Madrid Spain, submitted for publication, June 1994.
• Fahey M, Indelicato PA. Bone tunnel enlargement after anterior cruciate ligament replacement. Am J Sports Med 22(3); 410-14, 1994.

Recent Presentations

• International
  • April 13-18, 2002 ‘ACL Allograft Surgery: University of Florida Experience”
  • April 10- May 3, 2002 “Advantages and Limitation of Meniscal Repair”;“ACL Allograft Surgery: University of Florida Experience”; “Arthrofibrosis Following ACL Surgery”
  • May 31- June 2, 2001 “The Surgical Management of Instability in the Athlete’s Shoulder” World Congress in Villasimius, Cagliari
  • May 26-29, 2001 “Allograft Reconstruction: University of Florida Experience” and “ACL Allograft revision” University of Florida Tissue Bank Italia, in Verona, Italy
  • April 21-24, 2001 “Advantages and Limitations of Meniscal Repair” and “Allograft Tissue in Revision ACL Surgery” 10th International Course on Osteoarticular Reconstructive Surgery in Madrid, Spain
  • October 5-7, 2000 “ACL Reconstruction with Allograft” The ACL at the Beginning of the Third Millennium in Florence, Italy
  • May 6-9, 2000 “Surgical Technique for Allograft ACL Surgery of the Knee” and "Surgical Result of Allograft ACL Surgery of the Knee” University of Florida Tissue Bank Italia, Verona, Italy
• National
  • October 24, 2003 “Sports Medicine I” and “Sports Medicine II” Clinical Update for Radiologist 2003, Atlanta, GA.
  • February 5-9, 2003 “Care of the High School Athlete: Issues and Controversies” Instructional Course. AAOS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • June 23-26, 2001 “Biocleanse, A New Technique in Allograft Sterilization” Herodicus Society Meeting in Vail, CO
  • April 10-13, 2001 “Knee/Panel Discussion: Complex Knee Injuries” Moderator Sports Medicine 2001 An NFL Prospective in Phoenix, Arizona
  • March 9-11, 2000 “Sideline Decision Panel” Moderator – 10th Annual SEC Sports Medicine Symposium in Atlanta, GA
• Regional
  • February 28, 2003 “Use of Allograft tissue for ACL reconstruction of the knee” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, West Point, New York.
  • February 14, 2003 “Patellar Tendon Rupture and Chronic Tendonosis: Surgical procedures” American Physical Therapy Association 2003 Combined Sections Meeting, Tampa, FL.
  • “Surgical management of knee malalignments and degenerative changes: Osteotomies” American Physical Therapy Association 2003 Combined Sections Meeting, Tampa, FL.
  • January 17-19, 2003 “Patellofermoral Pain in the female athlete” at the 2003 Team Physician Consensus Conference – Female Athlete Issues for the Team Physician in Phoenix, AR.
  • November 14-15, 2002 “ ACL Allograft Surgery – University of Florida Experience” and “Arthrofibrosis following ACL Surgery of the Knee” Grand Rounds at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA.
  • May 25, 2002 “Sideline Decision Making” Moderator, Florida Orthopaedic Society Meeting in Orlando, FL.
  • May 25, 2002 “Case Controversies: Revision ACL Surgery, Revision Shoulder Repairs, Arthrofibrosis, and Other Sports Challenges” Moderator, Florida Orthopaedic Society Meeting in Orlando, FL.
  • March 7-9, 2002 Sideline Panel for Football Injuries, 12th Annual SEC Sports Medicine Symposium Meeting in Atlanta, GA.
• Local
  • August 21, 2002 “On Field Assessment of Lower Extremity Injuries” Sports Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
  • August 29, 2001 “On Field Assessment of Lower Extremity Injuries” Sports Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
  • November 13, 2000 “Sports Medicine Applications of Allograft” The University of Florida Tissue Bank Symposium “Life Line 2000” in Gainesville, FL
  • August 9, 2000 “On Field Assessment of Lower Extremity Injuries” Sports Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Current Research

• Principal Investigator: Radiated vs non-radiated ACL allograft
• Principal Investigator: BiocleanseTM Achilles Tendon ACL Surgery
• Principal Investigator: Collagen Meniscus Implants (CMI): Multicenter Safety and Effectiveness Study